KARACHI, Oct 2: The Sindh Environmental Protection Agency has sealed a factory under the Pakistan Environmental Protection Act, 1997 for polluting the environment, it emerged on Tuesday.

For its persistent act of polluting the surrounding environment, the industrial unit has been sealed by Sepa under Section 16 of the Pakistan Environmental Protection Act 1997, which authorises the provincial environmental watchdog to shut down any manufacturing or services unit found involved in violating the environmental laws.

Besides, Sepa collected samples from nine industries in the city which will be analysed in a laboratory and necessary legal action will be initiated against them if they are found exceeding the permissible limits set by the National Environmental Quality Standards.

On a directive of the provincial minister for environment and alternative energy, Sheikh Muhammad Afzal, Sepa has stepped up its monitoring activities and during the recent weeks it monitored or visited 104 units, including industries, hospitals, solid waste management services, building projects and miscellaneous commercial and services concerns in Karachi and its suburbs.—PPI

Opinion

Editorial

Under siege
Updated 03 May, 2024

Under siege

Whether through direct censorship, withholding advertising, harassment or violence, the press in Pakistan navigates a hazardous terrain.
Meddlesome ways
03 May, 2024

Meddlesome ways

AFTER this week’s proceedings in the so-called ‘meddling case’, it appears that the majority of judges...
Mass transit mess
03 May, 2024

Mass transit mess

THAT Karachi — one of the world’s largest megacities — does not have a mass transit system worth the name is ...
Punishing evaders
02 May, 2024

Punishing evaders

THE FBR’s decision to block mobile phone connections of more than half a million individuals who did not file...
Engaging Riyadh
Updated 02 May, 2024

Engaging Riyadh

It must be stressed that to pull in maximum foreign investment, a climate of domestic political stability is crucial.
Freedom to question
02 May, 2024

Freedom to question

WITH frequently suspended freedoms, increasing violence and few to speak out for the oppressed, it is unlikely that...